David Roe, a senior attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, describes the efforts to attach the bill as a rider as "a nasty little sneak attack".
So far, Senators Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Patrick Leahy of Vermont, both Democrats, have scuttled Republican efforts to attach the proposal onto unrelated legislation where critics would get little opportunity to amend its punitive provisions.
According to Latino Decisions' weekly tracking poll, Senate Democrats' efforts to attach the DREAM Act to the Defense bill in September won them some points with Latino voters, although for some it may be too little too late.
Their most viable path seemed to be an effort to attach revisions to the health care bill to a budget reconciliation measure, which the Senate could adopt by a simple majority.
These provisions are generally referred to as Blaine amendments, after the sponsor of a failed effort to attach such an amendment to the federal Constitution in 1875.
This campaign, which was created by Mullen in Boston, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, was an effort to attach some emotional power to reading and to the Barnes & Noble brand.
On the Palestinian side, the complaint that Netanyahu's effort to attach new conditions to a deal he had already signed up for is legitimate – reneging on a confidence-building measure so early in the game has undermined the trust required for negotiation.
It is a timely effort to attach real numbers to an increasingly politicized debate over energy subsidies.
Since tire locks take time and effort to attach and remove, these would not be my first choice for your daily driver vehicle.
